Special thanks to Das Keyboard and my other mod sponsors
LAST MAJOR UPDATE: Friday, Febuary 3th, 2005
Latest posts:
Older posts (chronological):
- More about this image on the OVERALL CONCEPT IMAGE post
This is a brand spanking new Apple PowerMac G5 case. It contains nothing but the electronics for the power button/front panel, fans for the HD area and some cables which are very much proprietary.
My goal in this project is to install an AMD64 based beast into the case, create some neat laser/led based effects through out the front grill... think of a lava lamp multi-colour effect over the whole area behind a light diffusion board, and generally look really spectacular. You won't be able to see any of the components in the unit... until I open the side panel to reveal the insides through a window (which I will add a lock/various effect knobs to eventually for added security/cool factor at lan parties).
I already got a lot of advice from many people, and I will be carrying on and logging my proceedings here
LAST MAJOR UPDATE: Friday, Febuary 3th, 2005
Latest posts:
- COMPLETED IMAGES! High-res sex! (56k beware)
- http://www.hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=1028060329&postcount=226 - Cutting metal
- http://www.hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=1028054822&postcount=224 - Total redesign of interiour
- http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1027982941#post1027982941 - Das Keyboard Mini-review
Older posts (chronological):
- http://www.hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=1027136684&postcount=33
- http://www.hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=1027149448&postcount=49
- http://www.hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=1027149856&postcount=50
- http://www.hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=1027223509 - VIDEO UPDATE - Laserpod comes in the mail
- http://www.hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=1027223573&postcount=117
- http://www.hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=1027282951&postcount=123 - OVERALL CONCEPT IMAGE - Gutting case and more pics
- http://www.hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=1027282989&postcount=124 - RAM Pics
- http://www.hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=1027294130&postcount=144 - DOUBLE VIDEO! First inner-case light test, diffuser disassembly, dremeling
- http://www.hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=1027380781&postcount=153 - Sniffing isopropanol, HD mounts and more...
- http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=855085&page=9 - March 20th - PSU, HD and sata cables, almost there!
- http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1027463119 - April 4th - Custom electronics
- http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1027555770#post1027555770 - April 20th - Tons of pictures and progress! Suprise!
- http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1027612803#post1027612803 - May 2nd - Backside connectivity, new cabling system... pictures of the future? *ooh*
- http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1027631812#post1027631812 - May 6th - Custom Twin-turbine Wind Tunnel HDD cooling system
- More to come
This is a brand spanking new Apple PowerMac G5 case. It contains nothing but the electronics for the power button/front panel, fans for the HD area and some cables which are very much proprietary.
My goal in this project is to install an AMD64 based beast into the case, create some neat laser/led based effects through out the front grill... think of a lava lamp multi-colour effect over the whole area behind a light diffusion board, and generally look really spectacular. You won't be able to see any of the components in the unit... until I open the side panel to reveal the insides through a window (which I will add a lock/various effect knobs to eventually for added security/cool factor at lan parties).
I already got a lot of advice from many people, and I will be carrying on and logging my proceedings here